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I used to think "emacs pinky" was a joke, until I got my first programming job and I suddenly used emacs eight hours a day. :-| Then I read somewhere that the
by krylon 9y ago
I used to think "emacs pinky" was a joke, until I got my first programming job and I suddenly used emacs eight hours a day. :-|
Then I read somewhere that the Ctrl key used to be at the location now occupied by Caps Lock on PC keyboards. So now, on every computer I use regularly, I remap Caps Lock to be an additional Ctrl key. My pinky has thanked me for it ever since. ;-)
Also, I cannot remember having used Caps Lock ever, except by accident.
- gumby 9y agoActually the machines Emacs was developed on had rubout where caps lock is today. Control and meta were next to the space bar (control on the inside) and they were also wide keys like shift is. Sun put control where caps lock goes; i don't know if they originated that or if it copied someone else's existing practice.
- krylon 9y agoHuh. Thanks for the info.